Let’s just say: This is not your average Bond Film.

Certainly, there was an amazing chase about 5 minutes into the film, with the baddie performing some amazing Parkour, with Bond barely managing to keep up.

However, where the film significantly diverges from the past couple of offerings (License to Kill, Golden-Eye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, Die Another Day) is that it examines Bond’s character in a degree of depth. Indeed, this surprisingly is, for a Bond film, a character driven panoply.

It seems to work, although one got the distinct feeling that his soul-searching was not going to last long. After all, Bond is a timeless character — the perfect device for sequels. There is going to be plenty of guys and bad guys and girls (well, married women, in this case) yet.

The plot wasn’t fantastic. It didn’t make too many satirical observations about the world today (a la the Tomorrow Never Dies Murdochesque media empire), aside from “things were better during the Cold War”, and the terrorism related parts were a little contrived. However, there was a well crafted tension in parts of the film, which demonstrates some of the sensitivity in this feature.

Obviously, being a Bond Film, it will not change your life. That said, it certianly and competently carries the the torch of the franchise. Quite a lot of fun, with some intriguing elements.

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